Mathematics News
June 17, 2025
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May 30, 2025 A new study integrated mathematical modeling with advanced imaging to discover that the physical shape of the fruit fly egg chamber, combined with chemical signals, significantly influences how cells ...
May 29, 2025 Scientists have developed a unified theory for mathematical parameters known as gauge freedoms. Their new formulas will allow researchers to interpret research results much faster and with greater confidence. The development could prove fundamental ...
May 27, 2025 Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood vessels, and they are very hard to create. Now, new ...
May 23, 2025 Researchers developed a faster, more stable way to simulate the swirling electric fields inside industrial plasmas -- the kind used to make microchips and coat materials. The improved method could ...
May 22, 2025 Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or massive ...
May 21, 2025 Researchers have discovered a new class of materials -- called intercrystals -- with unique electronic properties that could power future technologies. Intercrystals exhibit newly discovered forms of ...
May 15, 2025 A surprising connection has been found, between two seemingly very different classes of superconductors. In a new material, atoms are distributed irregularly, but still manage to create long-range magnetic ...
May 5, 2025 Researchers have created a method that makes virtual reality (VR) more accessible to people with mobility ...
May 2, 2025 A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to ...
Apr. 30, 2025 New research demonstrates how mathematical modeling can predict outbreaks of toxic fungi in Texas corn crops -- offering a potential lifeline to farmers facing billions in harvest ...
Apr. 22, 2025 With the assumption that students are going to use artificial intelligence and large language models such as ChatGPT to do their homework, researchers set out to learn how well the free version of ChatGPT would compare with human students in a ...
Apr. 22, 2025 Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...
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Apr. 21, 2025 Researchers have demonstrated a significant performance increase in cooling technology for high-power electronic devices. They designed novel ...
Mar. 28, 2025 A new method significantly advances 3D imaging of reflective surfaces. The approach integrates techniques known from high-precision optical 3D ...
Mar. 28, 2025 How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of elementary school physics canon. But the world is messier than a textbook. Scientists have sought to ...
Mar. 28, 2025 Unveiling Dynamic Shape-Morphing Smartphone sized OLED Panel with Built-In Speaker -- All While Maintaining Ultra-Thin ...
Mar. 27, 2025 At hypersonic speeds, complexities occur when the gases interact with the surface of the vehicle such as boundary layers and shock waves. Researchers were able to observe new disturbances in ...
Mar. 27, 2025 A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionize early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers. The team say this is the first time it has ...
Mar. 25, 2025 A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometres in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance magnetic fields. The size of the effect can be controlled by varying the ...
Mar. 24, 2025 Mathematicians studied the flow of human crowds and developed a way to predict when pedestrian paths will transition from orderly to entangled. Their findings may help inform the design of public ...
Mar. 13, 2025 Some of the world's most advanced AI systems struggle to tell the time and work out dates on calendars, a study ...
Mar. 12, 2025 Physicists have created a new computer code that could speed up the design of the complicated magnets that shape the plasma in stellarators, making ...
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Mar. 24, 2025 Scientists investigated whether email interventions informed by behavioral science could help teachers help students learn ...
Mar. 10, 2025 Over 120 years ago, Henry Ernest Dudeney posed the famous dissection problem of transforming a triangle into a square by cutting it into as few pieces as possible. In a new study, researchers have ...
Mar. 10, 2025 Researchers have developed an AI-based learning system that recognizes strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints. This enables ...
Mar. 6, 2025 Energy remains a significant factor in industrial production processes. High levels of energy consumption make production more expensive and exacerbate the climate crisis. A new type of robot ...
Mar. 5, 2025 A team of researchers created Morpho, an open-source programmable environment that enables researchers and engineers to conduct shape optimization and design for soft materials. Applications can be ...
Feb. 26, 2025 A team of scientists has now created a computer model that can represent and generate human-like goals by learning from how people create games. The work could lead to AI systems that better ...
Feb. 26, 2025 Physicists bring unprecedented levels of predictability to the ancient practice of knitting by developing a mathematical model that could be used to create a new class of lightweight, ultra-strong ...
Feb. 21, 2025 Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by ...
Feb. 13, 2025 Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the ...
Feb. 7, 2025 An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The research group demonstrated that while the laws of quantum theory alone do not ...
Feb. 5, 2025 Students attending schools that ban the use of phones throughout the school day aren't necessarily experiencing better mental health and wellbeing, as the first worldwide study of its kind has ...
Feb. 5, 2025 Physicists measured how readily a current of electron pairs flows through 'magic-angle' graphene, a major step toward understanding how this unusual material superconducts. By determining ...
Feb. 5, 2025 A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do ...
Jan. 29, 2025 Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once crumpled piece of paper. Now, a team of physicists has uncovered how, under ...
Jan. 29, 2025 The universe is getting more disordered, entropy is growing -- this is the second law of thermodynamics. But according to quantum theory, entropy should actually stay the same. Scientists took a ...
Jan. 16, 2025 The chemical composition of a material alone sometimes reveals little about its properties. The decisive factor is often the arrangement of the molecules in the atomic lattice structure or on the ...
Jan. 16, 2025 Researchers applied the mathematical theory of synchronization to clarify how recurrent neural networks (RNNs) generate predictions, revealing a certain map, based on the generalized synchronization, ...
Jan. 9, 2025 AI tools are increasingly being used to track and monitor us both online and in-person, yet their effectiveness comes with big risks. Computer scientists have developed a new mathematical model which ...
Jan. 2, 2025 Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping ...
Dec. 24, 2024 A new comprehensive literature review of the benefits and challenges of integrating haptics-enhanced virtual reality training, or VR-haptics for short, in dental education curricula highlights the ...
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- Researchers Successfully Prove the Solution to Dudeney's 120-Year-Old Dissection Puzzle
- AI-Based Math: Individualized Support for Schoolchildren
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- School Bans Alone Not Enough to Tackle Negative Impacts of Phone and Social Media Use, Researchers Find
- Physicists Measure a Key Aspect of Superconductivity in 'magic-Angle' Graphene
- Study in India Shows Kids Use Different Math Skills at Work Vs. School
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Materials Can 'remember' A Sequence of Events in an Unexpected Way
- Even Quantum Physics Obeys the Law of Entropy
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Autonomous AI Assistant to Build Nanostructures
- Synchronization in Neural Nets: Mathematical Insight Into Neuron Readout Drives Significant Improvements in Prediction Accuracy
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- Shape-Changing Device Helps Visually Impaired People Perform Location Task as Well as Sighted People
- Leap in Modelling Human Impact on Climate May Lead to Early Warning of Climate Disasters
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Not So Simple Machines: Cracking the Code for Materials That Can Learn
- New AI Cracks Complex Engineering Problems Faster Than Supercomputers
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- Hybrid Theory Offers New Way to Model Disturbed Complex Systems
- How Neighborhood Enhances Cooperation
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- Scientists Use Math to Predict Crystal Structure in Hours Instead of Months
- Mathematical Modelling Leads to a Better Understanding of Prostate Cancer
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- Researchers Acquire and Analyze Data Through AI Network That Predicts Maize Yield
- Language Agents Help Large Language Models 'think' Better and Cheaper
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- Invisibility Cloaks? Wave Scattering Simulation Unlocks Potential for Advanced Metamaterials
- Big Algebras: A Dictionary of Abstract Math
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- Think Fast -- Or Not: Mathematics Behind Decision Making
- Those With the Biggest Biases Choose First, According to New Math Study
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- New Open-Source Platform Allows Users to Evaluate Performance of AI-Powered Chatbots
- Unraveling the Physics of Knitting
Monday, June 3, 2024
- The Embryo Assembles Itself
- Groundbreaking Progress in Quantum Physics: How Quantum Field Theories Decay and Fission
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- The End of the Quantum Tunnel
- New Algorithm Cuts Through 'noisy' Data to Better Predict Tipping Points
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- 'Surprising' Hidden Activity of Semiconductor Material Spotted by Researchers
- Economist: Tens of Billions of Dollars in Forest Products Are Being Overlooked
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- Pythagoras Was Wrong: There Are No Universal Musical Harmonies, New Study Finds
- Maths: Smart Learning Software Helps Children During Lockdowns -- And Beyond